The highest bid of $5.5 million fails to meet the reserve for the two fossilized skeletons.
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Maine board to review comments on mining rule changes
As the BEP gets ready for its meeting, public response is running strongly against the proposed changes.
Sea gull sculpture returning to prominence, Bar Harbor
The artwork was discovered by a summer visitor to the town who recognized the work outside a shop
Sea gull sculpture returning to prominence, Bar Harbor
The artwork was discovered by a summer visitor to the town who recognized the work outside a shop
Letters to the editor: Can’t deny warming; now let’s lead fight
In September, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its “Summary for Policymakers” authored by more than 250 scientists from 39 countries. The report concludes that warming of the global climate system is “unequivocal.” The primary culprit, atmospheric carbon dioxide, has reached a level 30 percent higher than the highest peak ever in the past […]
Society Notebook: Maine Community Foundation hosts reception for Nell Newman
“We are here to inspire people to give,” said Carl Little, Maine Community Foundation’s director of communications and marketing, of its annual Inspiring Philanthropy event held at Hannaford Hall in the Abromsom Center of USM. As a capacity crowd filed into the auditorium below, eager to hear the event’s keynote speaker, Nell Newman, talk about […]
Society Notebook: Maine Community Foundation hosts reception for Nell Newman
“We are here to inspire people to give,” said Carl Little, Maine Community Foundation’s director of communications and marketing, of its annual Inspiring Philanthropy event held at Hannaford Hall in the Abromsom Center of USM. As a capacity crowd filed into the auditorium below, eager to hear the event’s keynote speaker, Nell Newman, talk about […]
Essay: For baby boomers, the JFK assassination frozen in time
The course of human history, it is often said, changed forever on Nov. 22, 1963.
Help reaches more typhoon victims
Food and water gets to 30 of 40 hard-hit towns, and the government calls for more volunteers.
Pringle appeals defunding of HIV program
The Legislative Council will decide on Nov. 21 if a bill to restore funding for an HIV-prevention program backed by Rep. Jane Pringle, D-Windham, should be reintroduced in the next legislative session. Pringle, a retired doctor, said last Friday that she and others supporting the program that educates youth have been working to present the […]